MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.20,-79.08 Latitude: 35.20 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 83 26.4 11.1 38 15.3 16.8 332 4 298.7 300.2 289.6 322.7 8.21 1 1000 175 24.7 9.4 38 15.3 15.4 331 4 297.8 299.2 288.6 319.6 7.43 2 950 620 20.2 8.3 46 11.9 13.1 325 4 297.7 299.0 288.4 318.9 7.24 3 900 1083 15.7 7.5 58 8.2 10.9 319 4 297.7 299.0 288.4 318.9 7.25 4 850 1564 11.0 6.6 74 4.4 8.5 313 5 297.7 299.0 288.3 318.8 7.20 5 800 2066 6.4 4.2 86 2.2 5.2 302 7 297.9 299.1 287.7 316.9 6.46 6 750 2593 4.5 -6.6 44 11.1 -0.3 289 16 301.5 302.0 285.7 311.0 3.10 7 700 3154 5.5 -40.4 2 45.9 -4.6 273 18 308.6 308.6 285.0 309.1 0.16 8 650 3755 2.6 -31.9 6 34.5 -6.2 280 24 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.3 0.41 9 600 4398 -0.4 -33.2 6 32.8 -8.4 278 27 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.0 0.39 10 550 5087 -5.1 -30.4 12 25.3 -11.3 275 32 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.0 0.55 11 500 5827 -10.8 -31.3 17 20.5 -15.4 274 34 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.9 0.56 12 450 6627 -16.0 -40.8 10 24.7 -20.0 271 36 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.24 13 400 7503 -22.5 -47.9 8 25.4 -25.4 269 40 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.13 14 350 8466 -30.2 -52.8 9 22.6 -32.0 271 44 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.08 15 300 9543 -38.9 -55.2 16 16.3 -39.8 272 51 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.9 0.07 16 250 10767 -48.1 -64.1 14 16.1 -48.5 270 52 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 12215 -53.5 -72.1 8 18.7 -53.8 260 51 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14044 -58.9 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.1 266 52 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16563 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.1 261 29 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.80 m Freezing level: 607.06 mb = 4307.18 m = 14131.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.01 mb = 2560.08 m = 8399.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.44 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.79 mb = 1995.99 m = 6548.46 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.60 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2271.79 m = 7453.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lifted Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.35 C Showalter Index: 6.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.82 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: -17.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8575.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.11 mb = 2095.48 m = 6874.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 33.10 m/s